use getResource to get the URL of the resource and then parsethe URL
to find the file path

On 07/05/2009, Pete Siemsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> That seems reasonable, but I still don't understand how to make it work.
>
> The program I'm trying to test is like a compiler.  It reads source
> files that can contain "include" statements.  When it parses such a
> statement, the program needs to open the include file and start
> parsing statements in the include file.
>
> If I use getResourceAsStream, what can I do when I encounter the
> "include" statement?  How can I open the include file if I can't
> specify the path that leads to the include file, relative to the
> initial input stream?
>
> As I wrote, the program is working just fine.  It reads a file name
> from the command line.  My question is how to test it within the maven
> framework, without specifying absolute test file names.
>
> Cheers,
> -- Pete
>
>
> On May 5, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Jeff MAURY wrote:
>
>> You should store your files under src/test/resources and load your
>> files using getResourceAsStream
>>
>> Regards
>> Jeff MAURY
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Pete Siemsen <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is a basic question about how to run Java unit tests that
>>> require file names.
>>>
>>> I use maven to develop a program that reads input file names from
>>> the command line.  It's working fine, but now I want to share the
>>> code with someone else.  The test programs live in ../src/test/
>>> java, and the test data lives in ../src/test/data.  Until now, I've
>>> used fully-qualified paths hard-coded into my test programs, like /
>>> Users/siemsen/TranslateCIM/src/test/data/cim/
>>> testArrayTypeOnNonArray/testATONA.mof.
>>>
>>> If I tar up my development directory and give it to someone else,
>>> the fully-qualified paths obviously don't work.  I want to make the
>>> paths relative somehow.  The program reads an input file that may
>>> contain "include" statements that cause the program to open other
>>> files relative to the first input file.  It seems to my newbie eyes
>>> that using resources and getResourceAsStream won't allow me to open
>>> subfiles.
>>>
>>> What I think I want is a runtime environment variable or something
>>> that tells me the path to the maven development directory.
>>>
>>> Any suggestion would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> -- Pete
>
>

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